Modern History (Civil Service Examination), Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams

1. Under the Permanent Settlement, 1893, the Zamindars are required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. The reason was: [2001]

a. the Zamindars were trusted by the farmers

b. there was no officials check upon the Zamindars

c. it was the responsibility of the British government

d. the farmers were not interested in getting pattas

2. At the time of India's Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was: [1998]

a. a member of Congress Working Committee

b. not a member of the Congress

c. the President of the Congress

d. the General Secretary of the Congress

3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [1999]
List I (Year) - List II (Event)
A. 1775 - 1. First Anglo-Burmese War
B. 1780 - 2. First Anglo-Afghan War
C. 1824 - 3. First Anglo-Maratha War
D. 1838 - 4. Second Anglo-Mysore War
Codes:

a. A-4; B-3; C-2; D-1

b. A-4; B-3; C-1; D-2

c. A-3; B-4; C-1; D-2

d. A-3; B-4; C-2; D- 1

4. Assertion (A): The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911.
Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read. [1998]

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation ofA

b. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation ofA

c. A is true both R is false

d. A is false but R is true

5. Who among the following was associated with supression of thugs? [1997]

a. General Henry Prendergast

b. Captain Sleeman

c. Alexander Burres

d. Captain Robert Pemberton

6. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following?
1. Wood's Education Despatch
2. Macauley's minute on education
3. The Sargent Education Report
4. Indian Education (Hunter Commission)
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a. 2,1,4,3

b. 2,1,3,4 [1997]

c. 1,2,4,3

d. 4,3,1,3

7. Who amongst the following Englishmen first translated Bhagavad-Gita into English? [2001]

a. William Jones

b. Charles Wilkins

c. Alexander Cunningham

d. John Marshall

8. 'Abinava Bharat'a secret society of revolutionaries was organised in: [1999]

a. Khudiram Bose

b. V.D. Savarkar

c. Praftilla Chaki

d. Bhagat Singh

9. The most short-lived of all of the Britain's constitutional experiments in India was the: [1999]

a. Indian Councils Act of 1861

b. Indian Councils Act of 1892

c. Indian Councils Act of 1909

d. Government oflndia Act of 1919

10. The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because: [1998]

a. the principal of two-Nation theory was then acceptable to them

b. it was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard

c. they wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots

d. India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom

General Knowledge

1. World Geography -Test-01

2. World Geography -Test-02

3. World Geography -Test-03

4. Geography of India -Test-01

5. Geography of India -Test-02

6. Geography of India -Test-03

7. Geography of India -Test-04

8. Geography of India -Test-05

9. History of India - Test - 01

10. History of India - Test - 02

11. History of India - Test - 03

12. History of India - Test - 04

13. History of India - Test - 05

14. History of India - Test - 06

15. History of India - Test - 07

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